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is not okay but a gun permit is. >> welcome to texas. jon: it surprised me you're having a tough campaign. you guys are down a little bit. in the rest of the state, so you say that here and in austin and everybodyless, boo, in the rest of the state they go, yeah. for voter i.d. how conservative a place is texas and what is the demographic? we've heard a lot about it's flippin' blue but it looks like it ain't even flippin' like a cool azure it's not even -- what's going on? >> it really on its way. what we have suffered from here for quite awhile is two decades of republican led redistrict can that have created very purely drawn republican districts and few very truly drawn democratic ones. so all of the conversation and elections take place during primaries. it was one of the reasons i was so committed to this race. making sure that we were going to force in to a general election a real conversation about the things that really matter to people and invite texans to decide whether this republican-led legislature truly is reflective of the
is not okay but a gun permit is. >> welcome to texas. jon: it surprised me you're having a tough campaign. you guys are down a little bit. in the rest of the state, so you say that here and in austin and everybodyless, boo, in the rest of the state they go, yeah. for voter i.d. how conservative a place is texas and what is the demographic? we've heard a lot about it's flippin' blue but it looks like it ain't even flippin' like a cool azure it's not even -- what's going on? >> it...
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that was texas attorney general greg abbot who was just elected governor of texas, explaining no texas longer believed it should post information about people in the state. just drive around and figure it out yourself. regulate yourself from any dangerously stored chemicals in your neighborhood that could explode. texas. the largest city, the fourth most populous city in the whole country is houston. about 25 miles east, you will find the city of la porte, texas. and one of the businesses you will find there is this dupont chemical plant. >> my son called me and said dad, there's been an accident at the plant. >> a horrifying phone call. two of his sons killed during a chemical leak at the dupont facility. >> gilbert learned that the leak killed four people and later a fifth. >> two of that man's three sons were killed. what killed and injured these people was a leak of a chemical that's used mostly in pesticide, but it's also used in jet fuel and plastics. dupont manufactures the chemical at that plant. but when the leak happened and four people died in quick succession, when the supe
that was texas attorney general greg abbot who was just elected governor of texas, explaining no texas longer believed it should post information about people in the state. just drive around and figure it out yourself. regulate yourself from any dangerously stored chemicals in your neighborhood that could explode. texas. the largest city, the fourth most populous city in the whole country is houston. about 25 miles east, you will find the city of la porte, texas. and one of the businesses you...
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. >> austin texas. here is more on democrats line. >> hello. thank you for taking my call. i have two points to make. the first one, the first one has to do with immigration. and being from the state of texas, we are very sensitive to illegal immigration down here. texas has flagrantly disregarded the federal immigration law by allowing a great number of illegal immigrants into the state to the point where u.s. citizens -- i have four university degrees and i can't find a job. and they are in the stem disciplines and i can't find a job. so first of all, i do support the progressive movement.
. >> austin texas. here is more on democrats line. >> hello. thank you for taking my call. i have two points to make. the first one, the first one has to do with immigration. and being from the state of texas, we are very sensitive to illegal immigration down here. texas has flagrantly disregarded the federal immigration law by allowing a great number of illegal immigrants into the state to the point where u.s. citizens -- i have four university degrees and i can't find a job. and...
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texas has the lowest voter tush out rate in our nation. what is happening they're trying to build the infrastructure. i think they expected the infrastructure to be built so fast. it's an expensive state. i think what you're seeing is the beginning what you're going to see in 2016. and probably not turning it blue in 2016 but probably 2020. talk about colorado, i think what happened in colorado udall didn't run with the president's agenda. i think that's what happened over and over again across the democratic party. they kept wanting to alienate themselves from the president. there were a lot of good things they could have embraced. >> let's talk about ted cruz. what are you hearing from your insiders about what his type of politics, the way he plays means to senator mcconnell and the self-interest of cruz potentially running for 2016. how tough will it be more mcconnell to keep him in check? >> it's going to be a huge headache. he has several people running for president in his conference. we saw senator cruz last night being very tough,
texas has the lowest voter tush out rate in our nation. what is happening they're trying to build the infrastructure. i think they expected the infrastructure to be built so fast. it's an expensive state. i think what you're seeing is the beginning what you're going to see in 2016. and probably not turning it blue in 2016 but probably 2020. talk about colorado, i think what happened in colorado udall didn't run with the president's agenda. i think that's what happened over and over again across...
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(laughter) (cheers and applause) bear in mind we're talking about texas. deregulation capitol capitol of the solar system. the i imagine to get texas on the voter regulation train they have got to have a pretty serious problem. >> there have only been two proven cases of voter fraud in the past decade in texas. >> since 2002, of the millions of votes passed in texas during that period,-- . >> jon: actually 20 million votes, 20 million votes cast and two of them were fraudulent. that is .1 parts of a million. or less than how much cockroach we allow in ourio gurt. and -- -- our yogurt. (applause) >> that happens to be cockroach honey yogurt. >> texas is one republican states that centre stronger voter restriction after the supreme court got not voting rights act. like north carolina. risking its reputation as [bleep] carolina. >> the new voter law includes a photo i.d. requirement. a ban on same-day registration. no out of precinct voting, and a reduction in the number of early voting days. over the last few weeks there's been a flurry of court appeals and
(laughter) (cheers and applause) bear in mind we're talking about texas. deregulation capitol capitol of the solar system. the i imagine to get texas on the voter regulation train they have got to have a pretty serious problem. >> there have only been two proven cases of voter fraud in the past decade in texas. >> since 2002, of the millions of votes passed in texas during that period,-- . >> jon: actually 20 million votes, 20 million votes cast and two of them were...
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as the attorney general of texas, about to be the new governor of texas, what harm will texas suffer as a result of the president's actions? >> texas suffered direct consequences from the 2012 daca. that is what led -- >> that was the deferred action that allowed a lot of the dreamers to stay in the country. >> exactly. and in the aftermath of the 2012 daca is when we begin to see 1,000 people a day coming across the border. often telling border patrol agents the reason why they were coming across the border, and not hiding when they got here, but actually turns themselves in to border patrol agents is because they believe the 2012 daca allowed them to come here. we believe also that in the aftermath of this presidential order, we're going to face the same challenges in texas that we did after the 2012 daca. >> even though the president said, if you just come over the border now, you're not covered? >> the president also said the same thing after the 2012 daca. understand this, the people coming from central america are typically not legal scholars who look into the depth of what the
as the attorney general of texas, about to be the new governor of texas, what harm will texas suffer as a result of the president's actions? >> texas suffered direct consequences from the 2012 daca. that is what led -- >> that was the deferred action that allowed a lot of the dreamers to stay in the country. >> exactly. and in the aftermath of the 2012 daca is when we begin to see 1,000 people a day coming across the border. often telling border patrol agents the reason why...
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joining us now texas governor-elect abbott and also former attorney general of texas and a manuel-versed. congratulations on your election, sir. >> thank you so much, martha. >> thank you so much for being here. this is going to be on your plate in a very big way as you take office as governor of texas. you sided with governor perry dealt with it. do you expect you're going to see a new surge of illegals trying to cross that border as the president considers executive action? >> martha, for one we are concerned in part because of the potential action the president may take. but martha, remember this, that is the border surge that all the national cameras showed earlier this year, that is nothing that is new in the state of texas. we've had people crossing the border for years. and we've been involved in these sporadic surge operations by the texas department of public safety to staunch the flow of cross-border activity. necessitating texas open up its checkbook and pay for this. what we are expecting the federal government to do is to, for one, the president not to open the flood gates o
joining us now texas governor-elect abbott and also former attorney general of texas and a manuel-versed. congratulations on your election, sir. >> thank you so much, martha. >> thank you so much for being here. this is going to be on your plate in a very big way as you take office as governor of texas. you sided with governor perry dealt with it. do you expect you're going to see a new surge of illegals trying to cross that border as the president considers executive action?...
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this is about the texas law. the texas voter i.d. law may prevent more than 600,000 registered texas voters, about 4.5% of all the voters in that state from voting in person for lack of a compliant identification. a sharply disproportion nativity percentage of those voters are african-american or historic. did that -- or hispanic. did that come true last week. >> no. the british center for justice which files these things say some people were prevented from voting about 12. >> 12 people? >> that's the list that they have. >> 12 people? >> they say more than that but they have the stories of 12. the texas authorities say they are isolated but, look, you have got look at the number of people who tried to vote. 16463 provisional ballots. >> in texas? >> in texas. if you don't have an i.d. those are the ones who try provl ballot. so what happens to the 584,000 that are supposedly suppressed? they don't give a diddly squat. you were right in the talking points. they don't care of. they don't go and vote. that is the dirty secret in this v
this is about the texas law. the texas voter i.d. law may prevent more than 600,000 registered texas voters, about 4.5% of all the voters in that state from voting in person for lack of a compliant identification. a sharply disproportion nativity percentage of those voters are african-american or historic. did that -- or hispanic. did that come true last week. >> no. the british center for justice which files these things say some people were prevented from voting about 12. >> 12...
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the gentleman from texas, mr. sessions. mr. sessions: i would like to yield five minutes to the the gentleman from texas, former chairman of energy and commerce committee who knows as much as anybody in congress not just about energy and jobs but as former chairman of the committee he led this fight for many years, the gentleman, mr. barton. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentleman from texas for five minutes. mr. barton: i would ask unanimous consent to revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. barton: first of all, let's try to define what this bill actually does. we had a lot of rhetoric on the house floor the last 30 minutes. it's a pretty simple bill. it removes the president from the decision-making authority. he can sign the bill and it would become law. he cannot sign it after so many days and it can become law and he can veto it. he doesn't have to make the decision to build the pipeline or not. it takes the president out of the decision-making loop except for the fact that h
the gentleman from texas, mr. sessions. mr. sessions: i would like to yield five minutes to the the gentleman from texas, former chairman of energy and commerce committee who knows as much as anybody in congress not just about energy and jobs but as former chairman of the committee he led this fight for many years, the gentleman, mr. barton. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentleman from texas for five minutes. mr. barton: i would ask unanimous consent to revise and extend....
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texas is not known to be earthquake country. and there are a lot of local residents that are extremely concerned and rightfully so. i would be concerned if earthquakes were suddenly happening in my backyard. and they're really demanding answers. they want answers. >> and this increase in earthquakes and the number of earthquakes is really striking hot just in texas. there were -- and not just in texas oopts there were only 20 per year in the eastern united states, you guys reported on in the last 30 years. and then more than 100 are happening yearly, recently? >> it's been quite an increase in the number of earthquakes especially in areas as you mentioned that don't have much history or any history at all of seismic activity. it's a pretty big increase. and the question here is whether or not these are natural earthquakes or if they're induced somehow by human activities. and what a lot of people are turning to is that fracking or activities related to fracking may be part of what's contributing to this increased earthquake acti
texas is not known to be earthquake country. and there are a lot of local residents that are extremely concerned and rightfully so. i would be concerned if earthquakes were suddenly happening in my backyard. and they're really demanding answers. they want answers. >> and this increase in earthquakes and the number of earthquakes is really striking hot just in texas. there were -- and not just in texas oopts there were only 20 per year in the eastern united states, you guys reported on in...
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the senator is true -- it's true that texas has a long history of voting fraud. but that history of voting is in the counting, not in the voting. there's almost no evidence whatsoever, i'd be interested to know what states she's talking about when she talked about multiple registrations. the only ones i know of were a republican oriented company in arizona that weren't accurate. that's not the only problem. the biggest problem that rand paul's going to have in appealing to african-american voters is the success of the republicans in this election is based on making barack obama the issue. the only african-american president we have ever had and the only issue that republicans are talking about is vilifying the president of the united states. now, i grant you, he has not such great numbers and they'll probably be successful in picking up a few seats. but i don't think voters are going to forget what this party has done to the first african-american president. >> may i ask you about what happened at the white house this past week, considering granting protections t
the senator is true -- it's true that texas has a long history of voting fraud. but that history of voting is in the counting, not in the voting. there's almost no evidence whatsoever, i'd be interested to know what states she's talking about when she talked about multiple registrations. the only ones i know of were a republican oriented company in arizona that weren't accurate. that's not the only problem. the biggest problem that rand paul's going to have in appealing to african-american...
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heath henry, houston, texas. o'reilly, i purchased killing patton for myself but realized that was selfish so i read it and gave it to a world war ii vet. that was a nice thing to do. and a big way to go to carol in hickman and her crew at avington heights, pennsylvania, for raising $7,500, the independence fund who are are buying high-tech wheelchairs for the severely wounded vets. nice job, guys. way to go. "the factor" tip of the day buying stuff on the net. a few rules. first, once you buy something, you will get ten thousand catalogs because the companies trade addresses. know that. two, if you are buying clothing, buy the item one size too big. i am now an xxl in shirts. and i'm not that big, 200 pounds. but they're cutting back material. you got to buy the one size too big. finally, don't buy autographs on the net unless it's from a reputable dealer who has a street address. fraud in that area through the roof. "the factor" tip of the day. and that was it for us tonight. please check out the fox news facto
heath henry, houston, texas. o'reilly, i purchased killing patton for myself but realized that was selfish so i read it and gave it to a world war ii vet. that was a nice thing to do. and a big way to go to carol in hickman and her crew at avington heights, pennsylvania, for raising $7,500, the independence fund who are are buying high-tech wheelchairs for the severely wounded vets. nice job, guys. way to go. "the factor" tip of the day buying stuff on the net. a few rules. first,...
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here through texas, the seer weather out break. you can see the norms are popping up across this particular area, all the way from oklahoma to browns well. and the threat is across the tral area. san francisco. tornadic activity expected across the region. and through the rest of the day, making its way through to louisiana. snowy up here to the north. >> snow to come. got me nofbous. >> thank you. new york city's art auction houses are booming. collectors are flocking to the big apple with millions in their pockets, smashing up famous pieces for record-high prices. kimberly halkett explains what is driving the market. >> thank you. >> with that, one lucky billionaire took home georgia o'keefe's given son weed. it's a word record sale. one of a number of staggering artworks. the ultra rich throw around half a million as if it were small change. >> among the other sales were mark's red, brown, black and orange from 195 3. sold for 45 million. over at cysties, it went for 29.6, and andy warhol's triple elvis, jostled shy of $82 milli
here through texas, the seer weather out break. you can see the norms are popping up across this particular area, all the way from oklahoma to browns well. and the threat is across the tral area. san francisco. tornadic activity expected across the region. and through the rest of the day, making its way through to louisiana. snowy up here to the north. >> snow to come. got me nofbous. >> thank you. new york city's art auction houses are booming. collectors are flocking to the big...
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he was governor of texas. should have been president but they only had one delegate and couple million dollars wasn't nearly enough. i've had so many things that people helped me because i was a democrat and then when they helped me because i was republican. but i've always got along with - neither one of them were in love with me, but neither one of them really hated me. >> did it give you some bargaining advantage that you -- >> i think so. i've had to knock on the door of the white house and imply -- one time, i said that i think the president wanted me to vote a certain way, and i said, well, i got a brother that always wanted to be a federal judge. he turned and the guy who was standing there, he said hall, this isn't a place to ask him for this. i said hell, he's asking me for something, i said i'll ask him for something. while he was thinking about it. he turned and asked them if he could get confirmed. i said wait a minute, mr. president. he's not a lawyer. that brought a big laugh. every time i saw hi
he was governor of texas. should have been president but they only had one delegate and couple million dollars wasn't nearly enough. i've had so many things that people helped me because i was a democrat and then when they helped me because i was republican. but i've always got along with - neither one of them were in love with me, but neither one of them really hated me. >> did it give you some bargaining advantage that you -- >> i think so. i've had to knock on the door of the...
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in texas, you put in isolation. i'm glad she got her dog back. i'm a big dog guy. >> i would refer you to a study that came out in march of 2005 in emerging infectious disease -- i guess that's the name of the pub ligs, a cdc publication, i'd be happy to get you a copy of it. it's available where they talk about the potential of dogs. it says although dogs can be asymptomatically infected, in other words, they don't get the disease, but they're carrying the antibodies for the disease and this study says asymptomatically infected dogs could -- doesn't say they are -- could be a potential source of human ebola outbreaks and of virus spread during human outbreaks which would explain only epidemiologically unrelated human cases. it goes on and talks about there are cases in the past in africa where they don't have any idea where the disease came from. i asked dr. frieden about that. he said maybe bats but they still don't know what all the reservoir species are. in a prior hearing when we were here in october, i said what are we doing about animals c
in texas, you put in isolation. i'm glad she got her dog back. i'm a big dog guy. >> i would refer you to a study that came out in march of 2005 in emerging infectious disease -- i guess that's the name of the pub ligs, a cdc publication, i'd be happy to get you a copy of it. it's available where they talk about the potential of dogs. it says although dogs can be asymptomatically infected, in other words, they don't get the disease, but they're carrying the antibodies for the disease and...
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texas implemented strict new voter i.d. laws. the fears they prevent thousands of minorities from voting, many have been unfounded. >> >> here is the new voter i.d. law. keep hundreds of thousands of people from casting ballots that are apparently unfounded. now critics said, it would mostly prevent minorities from voting, but a hotline for questions only fielded about 500 calls tuesday, and there are no reports of widespread problems and joining us now is tom bartlett, he is the reporter who wrote about this, for al jazeera america, and chris field, she is with the lawyers committee for civil rights underlaw, which works to set up a hotline to catch voter spares let me start with your first, were your surprised at the number of calls made to those hotlines? there was a narrative that suggest thoses those hotlines may be overwhelmed with called? >> there was and some of the people taking calls they were surprised they didn't get more complaints and concerns. that doesn't mean that a lot of people didn't have problems it just mean
texas implemented strict new voter i.d. laws. the fears they prevent thousands of minorities from voting, many have been unfounded. >> >> here is the new voter i.d. law. keep hundreds of thousands of people from casting ballots that are apparently unfounded. now critics said, it would mostly prevent minorities from voting, but a hotline for questions only fielded about 500 calls tuesday, and there are no reports of widespread problems and joining us now is tom bartlett, he is the...
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. >> democrats salivating over flipping texas, solid red, to blue. >> i thought texas was going to be blue in 2012. >> jon: really! listen to me, texas has been a conservative state since dinosaurs roamed it 6,000 years ago. (applause) according to the state's high school textbooks. (cheers and applause) if tax has a right to turn blue, how does texas candidate for governor gregg abbott carry a 20-point lead over wendy davis? i assume that popularity comes from abbott maybe starting to sell himself to texas voters as an enlightening centrist. he sued the obama administration 30 times. >> and at a time democrats pose add greater threat to texas than north korea. >> posted an ad that shows a gun and bible and reads, two things every american should know how to use, neither of which are taught in schools. >> that's why gregg abbott is opening his howdy jesus, bang! bang! academy! (cheers and applause) isn't it time your kids' teachers ask the question, what would jesus shoot? (laughter) so texas is not quite ready for a blue governor -- or a moderate governor or anyone who even a decade
. >> democrats salivating over flipping texas, solid red, to blue. >> i thought texas was going to be blue in 2012. >> jon: really! listen to me, texas has been a conservative state since dinosaurs roamed it 6,000 years ago. (applause) according to the state's high school textbooks. (cheers and applause) if tax has a right to turn blue, how does texas candidate for governor gregg abbott carry a 20-point lead over wendy davis? i assume that popularity comes from abbott maybe...
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davis inntioned wendy texas. and the democrats made a big about battleground texas. this was really going to be a huge push. by an enormous average. is texas more republican now this electionfore cycle? away that further democrats threaten to own the white house forever because they texas?er >> i think what's happening is the texas gop, and i would say the republican national threat of took the battleground texas pretty seriously. you look at fec reports, what you're going to see is that the rnc has been investing in texas for about a year and a half on the ground with hispanic engagement operations, regional offices, and i would say that gop itself is one of the best parties in hispanic engagement that there is in this country, along with great like greg abbott. so i do believe that texas did a lot of work down there in registering and, again, is the think that they woke up party in that if we don't start recruitingntion to volunteers and engaging hispanic it'ss in texas, that possible the party could have a problem in the years to come. you is thatill tell we don't
davis inntioned wendy texas. and the democrats made a big about battleground texas. this was really going to be a huge push. by an enormous average. is texas more republican now this electionfore cycle? away that further democrats threaten to own the white house forever because they texas?er >> i think what's happening is the texas gop, and i would say the republican national threat of took the battleground texas pretty seriously. you look at fec reports, what you're going to see is that...
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so you mentioned wendy davis in texas. the democrats made a big to-do about battleground texas. is texas more republican now than it was before this election cycle? is the day further away, that democrats threaten to own the white house forever because they take over texas? >> i don't think -- i think what is happening is the texas gop, and i would say the republican national committee, took the threat of battleground texas pretty seriously. if you look at sec reports, the rnc has been investing in texas for about a year and a half on the ground with hispanic engagement operations, regional offices, and i would say that the texas gop itself is one of the best parties in hispanic engagement that there is in this country, along with great candidates like greg abbott. so i do believe that battleground texas did a lot of work down there in registering hispanic voters. and, again, i just think they woke up the party and if we don't start paying attention to recruiting volunteers and engaging hispanic voters in texas, that it's possible the party could have a problem in years to come.
so you mentioned wendy davis in texas. the democrats made a big to-do about battleground texas. is texas more republican now than it was before this election cycle? is the day further away, that democrats threaten to own the white house forever because they take over texas? >> i don't think -- i think what is happening is the texas gop, and i would say the republican national committee, took the threat of battleground texas pretty seriously. if you look at sec reports, the rnc has been...
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we had virtually no competitive races here in texas. texas if anything has become redder. so you add that to the confusion that there was because of the voter i.d. law, and it was a disastrous combination. >> yeah, what didn't you have an anecdote you can share about when you went to the polls about the voter i.d. law? what was that? >> oh, it was incredibly disturbing alex. so i go to the polls and the first person who checks you in is looking at your i.d. and i asked her hey, so have you had any problems with folks not being able to present their i.d. and she said, yes, there was one person this morning and i said oh, so you gave them a provisional ballot, right? and the poll worker looks at me and says, no, they can't vote. she didn't have any form of identification, she was an elderly lady, so she left. and i go but that's not right. and then the gentleman behind me goes, no, i heard on the radio you're supposed to give them a provisional ballot and people started talking. but the lady had already left and was not able to cast her ballot and that was just one instance.
we had virtually no competitive races here in texas. texas if anything has become redder. so you add that to the confusion that there was because of the voter i.d. law, and it was a disastrous combination. >> yeah, what didn't you have an anecdote you can share about when you went to the polls about the voter i.d. law? what was that? >> oh, it was incredibly disturbing alex. so i go to the polls and the first person who checks you in is looking at your i.d. and i asked her hey, so...
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and you are from these texas apple seed. a lot can lose their security clearance if they fall into debt, which begs how do they have transparency? who do you talk to about this? if you lose your security clearance, doesn't this just worsen the problem? what have you seen in your experience? >> well, the reason why the military lending act was adopted was because of concerns among in the department of defense, that a lot of military members were losing their security clearance because of this loan. these kinds of high cost loans, and i think that the impacts of that initial 36% rate cap that they put into place, so they define the product i think too narrowly. was a positive impact, it boast spurs the offering of better products to military, and it started to put some protections into place. i think that the military families and incomes it is an on going struggle that families have. not just military families but families across the board. one thing that we heard from a financial counselor on a large military installation in
and you are from these texas apple seed. a lot can lose their security clearance if they fall into debt, which begs how do they have transparency? who do you talk to about this? if you lose your security clearance, doesn't this just worsen the problem? what have you seen in your experience? >> well, the reason why the military lending act was adopted was because of concerns among in the department of defense, that a lot of military members were losing their security clearance because of...
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joining us now texas governor elect greg abbott the former attorney general of texas and a man well versed on this issue. congratulations. good to have you. >> thank you so much. >> this is going to be on your plate in a very big way as you take office as governor of texas. you saw the way that governor perry protects it the new surg as they consider action. >> for one we are concerneded there will be a new surge of border activity in part because of the potential action the president may take. as they showed earlier this year that is nothing that is new in the state of texas. we have had people crossing the border for years. we have been involved in the sporadic surge operations by the texas department of public safety to stop the flow of cross border activity. necessitating texas open up its checkbook and pay for this. we are expecting the federal government to do is to is for the president not to open the blood gates of the border but two for the federal government po pay for the cross that texans incurred. >> he talked about not having a heart if we don't understand the flight of famil
joining us now texas governor elect greg abbott the former attorney general of texas and a man well versed on this issue. congratulations. good to have you. >> thank you so much. >> this is going to be on your plate in a very big way as you take office as governor of texas. you saw the way that governor perry protects it the new surg as they consider action. >> for one we are concerneded there will be a new surge of border activity in part because of the potential action the...
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some states, texas, has already start started on their own. will it be includeded in 50 or in addition to? >> i will comment and dr. lurie may want to continue. our approach is to strengthen the statewide systems. it would be the states responsible for -- in collaboration and determining which hospitals would be used. what we have asked each state to do is four things related to the active monitoring program. first, establish the program including information flow from the state health department to local health departments. second, establish a 24/7 hotline for any traveller who thinks they have ebola to call so they can be safely managed. third, establish safe transport between wherever the person calls from and the facility that the state decided would be the facility to assess or treat them for ebola. the fourth is to work with their hospitals to identify facilities that are able to do that assessment and treatment. >> let me add it would be great if you got a -- let me ask you the same question. the 50 centers designated in the president's
some states, texas, has already start started on their own. will it be includeded in 50 or in addition to? >> i will comment and dr. lurie may want to continue. our approach is to strengthen the statewide systems. it would be the states responsible for -- in collaboration and determining which hospitals would be used. what we have asked each state to do is four things related to the active monitoring program. first, establish the program including information flow from the state health...
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officials at texas health presbyterian have apologized. what else do we know? >> we know the minimum amount they will be getting more than half a million dollars. the reason we know that texas law puts caps on how much money people can collect in a medical malpractice suit. $250,000 from the doctors and then another $250,000 from the hospital itself. but, lawyers for the duncan family well they went around that. they did not file a malpractice suit. instead they reached this settlement so all of those caps went out the window. now through this entire ordeal, you recall, thomas duncan's family was extremely critical of how texas health initially handled this case. today, it was a pretty different tune. listen. >> i also want to thank texas health presbyterian hospital for standing up -- stepping up and owning up to their mistakes and doing the right thing to make sure it never happens again. that's an honorable thing to do and i respect them for that. if i got sick and texas presbyterian was close to me i would go and get treated for it. >> the hospital says it,
officials at texas health presbyterian have apologized. what else do we know? >> we know the minimum amount they will be getting more than half a million dollars. the reason we know that texas law puts caps on how much money people can collect in a medical malpractice suit. $250,000 from the doctors and then another $250,000 from the hospital itself. but, lawyers for the duncan family well they went around that. they did not file a malpractice suit. instead they reached this settlement so...
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researchers studied wells in texas and pennsylvania. they found the ones that were not installed and cemented properly were to blame for contaminating nearby wells. nearly 59% of voters supported a measure to ban fracking here. but the other 41% say the industry creates jobs and infused some $30 million into the local economy and problems are not wide spread. >> we have a company that's doing a bad job, then don't let them drill anymore but don't ban or hurt everyone in the industry because of one situation or two. >> reporter: lawsuit haves been filed challenging the constitutionality of the measure. the texas oil and gas association represents some 5,000 energy companies and seeking an injection to stop enforcement of the ban. in a statement, the group says a ban denies many mineral interest owners the right to gain value from their property despite the state's public policy in favor of developing natural resources. now voters in parts of ohio and in california also passed similar referendums this week banning fracking in their commun
researchers studied wells in texas and pennsylvania. they found the ones that were not installed and cemented properly were to blame for contaminating nearby wells. nearly 59% of voters supported a measure to ban fracking here. but the other 41% say the industry creates jobs and infused some $30 million into the local economy and problems are not wide spread. >> we have a company that's doing a bad job, then don't let them drill anymore but don't ban or hurt everyone in the industry...
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guest: texas does. here's the thing about taxes, you need to have a drivers license that does not expire in 60 days, or a passport, or a gun license. that if you are a student at ut austin, that is not count. --that does not count. we think that is a problem. the 600 thousand voters that will not be able to vote because they lack that specific form of id, they can vote provisionally but they know and--but they then need to go find that id. inexpensive. the 93-year-old veteran, there are a lot of stories out in the press over the last few days. if you do not have your birth certificate, if you're born in 1928 and you moved to be closer to your adult older and, if you moved from new york to dallas, you have your birth certificate in your back pocket with your if not, $17, $20, a future to the dmv, it is actually quite expensive. the 24th amendment banned. it is. at the time it was about a dollar and-a-half. get the specific id politicians are demanding, it can be $30, $40, for a lot of people that is not
guest: texas does. here's the thing about taxes, you need to have a drivers license that does not expire in 60 days, or a passport, or a gun license. that if you are a student at ut austin, that is not count. --that does not count. we think that is a problem. the 600 thousand voters that will not be able to vote because they lack that specific form of id, they can vote provisionally but they know and--but they then need to go find that id. inexpensive. the 93-year-old veteran, there are a lot...